yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus S Android Development] Setting.Out:
I have tried the airkernels and while I don't see a noticable gain in battery, I do see a large drop in performance...
[Nexus S Android Development] kanishkapd:
thanks for the input..yeah..as i mentioned in my earlier post didnt have good performance with the air kernel, but, i used an earlier build of the kernel which might not have supported jb 4.2. probably should stick to the original kernel. its working fine at the moment.

any other kernel you recommend? btw by flashing a kernel do you lose any other data in the rom?

thanks
[Nexus S Android Development] BBuZZ:
I dont think i understood the question, but if it is what i think it is, if you make a dirty flash you wont loose any data, but the rom may become unstable..
[Nexus S Android Development] Setting.Out:
You should wipe your dalvik and cache before flashing another kernel, but there is no need to wipe data.. Just make sure you flash the correct version (cm or aosp) or use a zip that you can flash either on any rom...

I am a huge fan of the Devil kernel and Marmite.. Both deliver good battery life while not skimping on performance..
[Nexus S Android Development] kanishkapd:
thanks. sorry..but what is a "dirty flash" ? :)

thanks. is there any risk in wiping dalvik cache and cache? do i have to backup anything before i do that?
[Nexus S Android Development] Setting.Out:
A dirty flash is when you flash but don't wipe... No risk with dalvik and cache... Wiping data or reformatting can cause app information and personal data to be lost... Dirty flashing can cause bugs (apps/system not working right)

Having a back up is ALWAYS a good idea..
[Nexus S Android Development] BBuZZ:
dirty flash is when you flash one ROM over the other without wiping, and no, wiping Dalvik and cache is advised when flashing a new ROM, and always backup/nandroid before any flash..
[Nexus S Android Development] DJBhardwaj:
Our earlier Facebook page was broken due to security reasons.

We've our new page out!
[Nexus S Android Development] kanishkapd:
thanks very much guys. btw pls give me some more advice pls.

1. what is a nandroid backup? i used cwm backup for my stock rom. is it the same or different & what method of backup do you guys recommend?

2. the LED function does not work in my phone? is there any other settings to manage or something?

3. fast charge also doesnt work?

4. does the aokp ribbon work in the left and right slide positions? can work in lock screen and quick settings though.

5. this morn i had a boot loop. (hope thats what it is called. phone was stuck in boot load nexus animation till i removed the battery). do you experience that too & what to do about it? probably too early to tell since its only one day since the upgrade.

6. there was a cool feature in the stock rom sms that i liked. the ability to lock selected text messages. how do i activate it in this rom?

7. i m getting slightly more than one day's battery life with normal use. is it ok or should i try a new kernel? marmite?

ok guys..sorry about all the questions. generally i search and read..but these days just dont have the time for it :)

thanks
[Nexus S Android Development] htchoi5609:
Next release i will add 'stay awake' toggle :highfive:
[Nexus S Android Development] Setting.Out:
I'm out.. :(
[Nexus S Android Development] ej8989:
1. A nandroid backup is a backup made in the custom recovery. It backs up your whole system (ROM+kernel), apps, settings, conversations, call logs, etc. so that when something goes wrong, you can just go to recovery and flash the backup, then your phone will be exactly the same state - before you did something stupid.

2,3. Fix permissions in recovery, use NSTools (get on play store). If still does not work, change kernels.

4. Try it yourself.

5. This happens when you: a.) flashed a CM kernel on a non-CM rom, or an AOSP kernel on a CM rom b.) sometimes when you dirty flashed a CM rom over an AOSP rom (or vice versa), c.) you flashed a corrupted kernel/ROM d.) you overclocked

6. You can't.

7. That's normal for the Nexus S on ANY jellybean rom (stock or custom rom/kernel) however, some kernels may add some minutes/hours. You can't expect 2 days or more on today's custom ROMs, unless you only use your phone for calls and texts, nothing else. If you want a significantly better battery life try ICS.
[Nexus S Android Development] nelsonhtb:
I cannot change scheduler to noop.

Kernel I am using now is marmite.

Tried fix permission still no change. Anyone can advise?
[Nexus S Android Development] kanishkapd:
thanks. cleared lots of doubts. great help :good:
[Nexus S Android Development] kanishkapd:
LED and fast charge

hi guys,

i cant get the LED and fast charge working.

followed advice of ej8989 : fixed permissions in rom manager, downloaded nstools and checked fast charge and back light options.

still not working. didnt change the kernel yet, bit reluctant still.

anything else to try before flashing a new kernel?

does anybody else have this problem?
[Nexus S Android Development] DJBhardwaj:
LED is not meant for Nexus S. It is pulse light notification for Gnex and N4.

NSTools should have worked here for you to control backlight notifications.
[Nexus S Android Development] superng888:
Led flash as torch is working for me but not fast charge toggle :(
[Nexus S Android Development] kanishkapd:
yes me too..

dont know if the fast charge works or not. NStools fast charge status is set to "on" but the quick settings toggle stays off all the time.

also couldnt get the backlight notifications working.

had couple of other issues as well.

each time the phone is rebooted the home screen icon is there but the letters below the icon disappear. have to remove it and again move in from the app drawer.

had a serious battery issue. fully charged at 10pm, next morning 7am battery is 0. after doing nothing at all, just idling. this happened twice.

dont know if these are anyway related to the fix permissions i did in cwm rom manager.

thanks
[Nexus S Android Development] sidnoit22:
Then don't use NSTools it's an outdated app use TricksterMOD app
[Nexus S Android Development] kanishkapd:
Thanks. Installed. Probably its charging faster now. But can't really say. But still backlights don't work as notification lights.

BTW can somebody pls say how to activate advanced settings? Display color hack presets & stuff.

Thanks
[Nexus S Android Development] sidnoit22:
Model of your nexus s?
[Nexus S Android Development] ej8989:
color settings are NOT available to you if you have i9023. (SLCD)
[Nexus S Android Development] kanishkapd:
my nexus is i1920T version. had briefly installed cyanogenmod rom. the advanced settings with color hacks worked.

so its compatible with my phone. how can i activate it in this rom?

btw, since OP has advised to use AOSP variant rom, i used aosp variants of both marmite and air roms with no luck.

but the cm versions of same kernels work fine. why is that?

thanks
[Nexus S Android Development] sidnoit22:
Try changing kernel
[Nexus S Android Development] BBuZZ:
For those using marmite, I know that in the OP says that the rom uses aosp kernel, but if you want to use marmite you have to use CM version...I dont know for other kernels..
[Nexus S Android Development] kanishkapd:
same with air kernels. only the cm versions work.

dev team...guys, probably you should change the OP note. :D
[Nexus S Android Development] Gingo21:
In last versions, the ROM uses Marmite v8.5 cm bigmem kernel, that's why you have to flash the CM version.
[Nexus S Android Development] creations_31:
Battery fast drain issue

Hi Mate ,

After update done successfully, Found battery drain fast as similar to Stock Version 4.1.2 .

I have done all the possible setting and checked with very minimum level of 2G usage of data network .

Still problem remain same ..

Required some solution for the same

Thanks in Advance .
[Nexus S Android Development] Setting.Out:
I had the same battery life as most 4.2 roms when I changed kernels.. Marmite 8.6 is what I prefer..
[Nexus S Android Development] kanishkapd:
i had the same problem. switched back to stable 1 release. no issues there.
[Nexus S Android Development] Multisupermono:
Just flashed this today and it's pretty awesome! However, i am using a Nexus S 4G. To make it work i just edited the updater-script files first line of code and it works very well. You guys should add Nexus S 4G to the compatible devices list :D
[Nexus S Android Development] nexususer:
good rom

sup guys,

flashed this yesterday i gotta say performance on this rom is pretty good on this rom been using it with martmite kernel ... i gotta say its eating alot of battery on 3g but other than that its a great rom and i cant seem to disable bld even if i turn it off whenever i get a notification it turns it up dont know why .. BTW did a clean install

ciao :)
[Nexus S Android Development] DJBhardwaj:
Try NSTools from Play Store ;)
[Nexus S Android Development] greg2826:
Hi I've been running this rom for past few days, and i have to admit my phone is flying on this rom.

Very fast and good ram management.

Thanks devs :)
[Nexus S Android Development] greg2826:
Any additional benefits from flashing another kernel, and if yes which one?

does notification light working for u with stock kernel?

Thank you in advance ;)
[Nexus S Android Development] raducux:
new builddd :d yeey.

Great work with the listview animation
[Nexus S Android Development] DJBhardwaj:
SB4 Released! Hit the downloads

Make sure to do a fresh Install (complete wipe) when flashing SB4 :cool:
[Nexus S Android Development] ej8989:
I'm having problems downloading in goo.im. It automaticallly pauses and resumes almost every second. Do you have a devhost link or other mirrors? Thanks!
[Nexus S Android Development] htchoi5609:
Mirror ;)

sorry i fixing the link
[Nexus S Android Development] powerfuran:
Probably already mentioned, in any case:

1) be sure to use a CM version of Marmite

2)Download NS Tools from the market

3) Reboot

4) Fix permissions from recovery

5) Reboot and enjoy the NS Tools settings

I never got NS Tools working on a first intall, I've akways had to fix permissions and reboot to make it work. But after that it works flawlessly
[Nexus S Android Development] ej8989:
BUG: Torch Tile stays "off" even when it's turned on.
[Nexus S Android Development] cheeze.keyk:
hi i just flash this rom and its nice..what kernel best suits with this rom?:confused:
[Nexus S Android Development] juliandik:
Hey guys from Thinkingbridge...

When there are new versions for Nexus S? :)
[Nexus S Android Development] Hansoliv:
Nice work ThinkingBridge team. :good:

For me this is the most battery friendly JB rom in the house!

Keep up the good work!
[Nexus S Android Development] juliandik:
It's really awesome right? I changed back to 4.1.2 Ligux, because its faster than ThinkingBridge & more battery friendly.
[Nexus S Android Development] rakeshbro:
Hello,

Thx for making this rom, Finishing it right now

Will u plz tell me or give me the down link for the best kernel for this rom.

Caz i have faced this problem b4.

Thx.:good:
[Nexus S Android Development] juliandik:
Try this Marmite 8.7 CM Bigmem. ;) http://d-h.st/WG5
[Nexus S Android Development] rakeshbro:
Will try it mate. Thx :) :laugh:
[Nexus S Android Development] kyddox:
gapps-jb-20130515

Hi, recently I found in goo.im a file named gapps-jb-20130515, I have been searching information about that but I cannot find anything, officially the latest gapps is 20130301, what about with this file? Anyone knows something?

Thanks
[Nexus S Android Development] juliandik:
I would say, someone has updated the gapps on 20130515.. just use 20130301 & update all apps in play store. :P
[Nexus S Android Development] rakeshbro:
Thank You.

Mahnnnnnn XD :D

What a rom it is, :angel:

An awesome rom, :good:

Thx a ton for this rom,

All in 1 rom,

M gonna smash the thx button, :laugh:

TC, :victory:

Keep it Up. :cowboy:
[Nexus S Android Development] Dagk66:
Problem flashing latest [SB4] ROM

Hi, I have a Samsung i9000

Downloaded ROM dated June 27, 2013 [SB4]

Put on root of internal card. When I try to install it from recovery it stops after a few seconds and aborts the installation. I have now gone back to Apr 21, 2013 [Stable 1] which is a great ROM.

On a side note.......on a couple of occasions using Apr 21, 2013 [Stable 1] with the camera the camera sometimes freezes and the phone makes a high pitched noise and then after about 20 seconds it reboots itself. Not a big deal and I love the ROM but just thought I'd mention it. ThinkingBridge may well be the fastest bestest ROM I have ever used so thanks for that!
[Nexus S Android Development] BBuZZ:
The Nexus S version of the rom works on I9000?

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Android Development] Dagk66:
Ummm....on page 1 it says these ROMs support....

Supported Devices:

Nexus 4 (mako)

GSM Galaxy Nexus (maguro)

Nexus S (crespo)

Nexus 7 (grouper)

Galaxy S (i9000)

Galaxy S2 (i9100)

Galaxy S3 (i9300)

Galaxy Note (n7000)

Galaxy Note 2 (n7100)

Optimus G (e975)

And I have Apr 21, 2013 [Stable 1] working on my Galaxy S i9000.......so I'd say "yes"?

Unless I have downloaded and installed the stable 1 from somewhere else???? Now I'm confused ! Are these ROMs only for the NEXUS? Can someone please confirm? Thanks.
[Nexus S Android Development] BBuZZ:
I was really in doubt... Usually in each thread is for one phone, and this is the nexus s thread... But, great....

Sent from my Nexus S
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silenth2o:
i just would like to know.. does anybody know where are the default wallpapers located inside a stock rom?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhinav quietly brilliant:
They are inside the framework-res.apk
[Acer Iconia A500] mdlevesque:
First of all appologies if I started another thread on this topic. I am very green with Android and am now unable to get past my latest screwup! I had CMod 10 on my device but it kept freezing in the browser. I also had Skrillax recovery on it. I wanted to revert back to OTA stock Rom so got the following ROM from this Forum Post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1816560

Acer_A500_0.000.00_041.121.01_COM_GEN1: ftp://94.23.233.147/Tablets/A500/Ace...5_78277167.zip

I decrypted it, extracted the update.zip and applied it to my tablet as instructed in the post. Upon completion it restarts and goes into this loop at the Silver android screen! I tried to go into Recovery and get the dead Android with the red Exclamation mark. I can reapply the same update.zip file and it seems to go through things again but every time I get the same end result looping silver android loop. HELP! please! If I try to use another stock update file it only get me to the dead android guy with red exclamation mark. I have tried to put this into APX mode but it does not want to go there at all.

Is there anybody out there that can take a little pity on a fool like me to get this thing back up again?

I don't care about the data at this point and which version I get back to. I also do not have my CPUID and can't seem to get to it. Thanks in advance to anyone who could point me in the right direction or better yet walk me through this.
[Acer Iconia A500] pinmemo:
Dead android guy is what I get after root the tab and try to get to stock recovery WITHOUT unlocking the bootloader

DId you try the manual way to go APX, push the reset button with a paper clip and hold power button? If you can get to APX you can use A500 manager tool from this

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25891744&postcount=44

you can try unlocking the bootloader which then result in bootable recovery

or check out this guy

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1874345

similar problem trying to get stock ROM back
[Acer Iconia A500] mdlevesque:
Ok so now can get in APX mode but it says debugging is not on, I can't get in to turn it on? Is there a way to get the bootloader back to the Skrillax version via update.zip file? I will keep reading these posts but still can't seem to get APX mode right.
[Acer Iconia A500] mdlevesque:
First of all a million thanks to Happy who pointed me in the right direction! I appreciate the help buddy! I was finally able to get my device working by following the first post by manually installing Thors v1.7.3 bootloader. Once I got the bootloader back I just reinstalled one of the custom ROMS and voila! back in operation. Most appreciative...

The link again is the following and you do not have to have debug mode on to do the manual flash.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25891744&postcount=44

Mike:victory:
[Acer Iconia A500] pinmemo:
Congratulations! you successfully resurrected a dead droid!
[HTC Aria General] sifat3d:
Actual Tutorial starts here:

I will try to make this guide as straight forward as possible.
​

PORT ROM:

First you need to figure out what rom you are going to be porting.

For our Aria, The rom you want to port should belong to a device that has:

HTC brand (optional but recommended)

A ArmV6 CPU (VVVV important)

A HVGA Resolution (optional, any mdpi should do,if not just open the system apk files using 7zip and resize all the BIG images.)

The Rom needs to be:

CM7 BASED OR CM10 BASED OR CM9 BASED.

The full zip size less than 150MB(Recommended).

What Does Port Mean:

This simply refers to the rom you will be trying to port.

Recommended device to port from is the HTC Wildfire S a.k.a Marvel.

But any other device

BASE ROM:

What Does Based Mean:

It means that the rom should have similar sources and stuff,

Meaning you can only attempt to port a android 2.3 rom if you already have a 2.3 rom on the device.(In our case cm7).

So,

For porting 2.3 roms, chose cyanogenmod 7.2 as BASE.

For porting 4.0 roms, chose cyanogenmod 9 as BASE.

For porting 4.1 roms, chose cyanogenmod 10 as BASE.

ETC... I hope you get the point.

:fingers-crossed:
[HTC Aria General] sifat3d:
Step 1:

Extract our device rom zip and name the folder AriaRom,

Extract our Port rom zip and name the folder PortRom.

Step 2:

Delete the following folders on the AriaRom/system folder:

App(You can keep some non conflicting indepent apps if you want)

Framework

Fonts

Media

Step 3:

Go to

PortRom folder/system

and copy:

App(You can keep some non conflicting indepent apps if you want)

Framework

Fonts

Media

and then paste them to AriaRom/system.

Step 4:

You need to open these two folders side by side(on windows, open both folders then right click on the task bar and click "Tile windows vertically").

The two Folders are:

[LIST]
[*]AriaRom/system/etc
[*]PortRom/system/etc
[/LIST]

In

etc/permission

folder copy all the permissions files in PortRom to your AriaROM folder except

platform
handheld_hardware

Then open init.d Folder in AriaRom and Delete Everything except

banner

and then copy all the files inside init.d folder of PortRom to init.d folder of AriaRom.

Step 5:

Now

AriaRom/system/buid.prop
and
PortRom/system/buid.prop

files using Notepad++

On AriaRom Build.prop make changes as you wish.

[LIST]
[*]ro.build.id=
[*]ro.build.display.id=
[*]ro.build.date=
[*]ro.modversion=
[/LIST]

Copy and replace these values from PortRom buildprop to Aria rom buildprop.

ro.config.ringtone=

ro.config.notification_sound=

ro.config.alarm_alert=

Also Copy anything you Find Extra and important-ish in ADDITIONAL BUILD PROPERTIES using common sense.(Not much major stuff, but if bootlooped, copy whole thingy.)

IMPORTANT Step of commons sense:

Open up both

META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script

using Notepad++.

Compare AriaRom AND PortRom line by line(on two tabs in notepad++ easily done).

Copy extra/additional lines from PortRom which are not present in AriaRom to aria roms updater script.

Step 6:

If You find any extra file or folder in system folder of PORTrom than copy them to your Ariarom system folder.

Finally, zip the

META-INF
system
boot.img
data(if exists).

folders/files togather and use "normal" compression if asked.

Name the zip to whatever you want, and walla you have successfully ported the rom!
[HTC Aria General] sifat3d:
:fingers-crossed:

Doing the above steps should land you a pretty solid rom, as solid as the base rom.

Thanks for reading this,I hope you port over some awesome roms to our device.

:highfive:
[HTC Aria General] dansou901:
I just tried to port the PACman ROM from Samsung Galaxy Ace to the Aria, but I am stuck at boot screen after following your tut, which is awesome by the way. Could you post a working build.prop and updater-script for this ROM? Maybe this will help me get it booting...
[HTC Aria General] sifat3d:
That's an Armv7 device.

Still I'm gonna download it & try.

In the meantime take a look at bootclass path.

Why are SMARTphones soo... Freaking Dumb?
[HTC Aria General] dansou901:
I don't think so... the Samsung Galaxy Ace with device number S5830 should be Armv6, but in the Galaxy Ace Forums there is also a place for the Galaxy Ace II, which is Armv7. Maybe that's a bit confusing. But nims11 PAC-Man Rom is definitely for the Armv6 device.
[HTC Aria General] rami.ejle:
hey man thnx for the tut :D but i tried porting the paranoid rom like you but i keep getting this error while flashing ( set_perm: some changes failed) i think it have something to do with the updater-script, could u upload the build.prop and the updater-script for me ? :D and btw why do we need the sdk ??

---------- Post added at 02:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:03 AM ----------

actually now i tried not to change the updater-script and the rom flashed but stock at boot :( pleaaase help me i really want to try the paranoid rom (ive been trying to port the "pa_marvel-2.54-beta1-08NOV2012-164651" )
[HTC Aria General] sifat3d:
Here you go,

http://pastebin.com/62hbaQwL

on THAT ROM,

IF you follow the guide & use my posted script,

100% assurance rom will boot and work. except cm

The sdk is for getting the logcat when a problem occurs.

Why are SMARTphones soo... Freaking Dumb?
[HTC Aria General] E.Cadro:
Nice tut very well done

XDA Moderator
[HTC Aria General] sifat3d:
In that case you'll need to unpack both boot.img aka the kernel , fix bootclass path in init.RC by replacing it with the value from port roms init.rc.

Ill try to port that rom soon and upload a fixed boot.img (if I can get it to boot),if you don't beat me to it. it looks cool.

Why are SMARTphones soo... Freaking Dumb?
[HTC Aria General] dansou901:
Bootclasspath is the same on both roms. So there must be a mistake in updater-script and / or build.prop. I've just messed up my updater-script, I guess, so I'll make a new one and post it later together with the build.prop.
[HTC Aria General] sifat3d:
I got this pac rom booting & everything operational except per app dpi(exists in port rom).

This rom works with the guide.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2118567

Why are SMARTphones soo... Freaking Dumb?
[HTC Aria General] dansou901:
I'll try this and let you know if it worked.
[HTC Aria General] sifat3d:
Hi guys,

If you only want per app dpi,persistent apps,etc

Try this on winsuk bros cm10

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1574401

Its quite good.

...Devided by zero
[HTC Aria General] sifat3d:
btw,

did it work?

...Devided by zero
[HTC Aria General] dansou901:
Sadly, I didn't get any time to try so far. But on Sunday I lost my Gratia, so I won't continue this project; I've upgraded to the HTC Desire X.
[HTC Aria General] aster190:
That's a shame. Similar thing happened to me. I lost my Aria right before i had a chance to try this, and upgraded to the Nexus 4.
[HTC Aria General] rami.ejle:
will this method work on cm10.1 and this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2297580 ??
[HTC Aria General] dansou901:
Could work, just try... I would do it if I still had the phone...
[HTC Aria General] sifat3d:
It should pretty much work,

If it doesnt, just send me the

Updater script

Build.prop

files of BOTH roms, And I'll have a look.

I wouldve tried myself but my aria has no network and has random reboot issues due to falling hard.